Comments for Identity Theft in the News and Media http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com Providing the latest news concerning all types of Identity Theft. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:05:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on ID Theft – The growing epidemic by taitafalcon http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/id-theft-the-growing-epidemic/#comment-73 taitafalcon Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:05:22 +0000 http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/?p=3#comment-73 ID theft pays... that's why it's an epidemic... the CRA's love it, they get paid to put things on your report and s/s number and they get paid to take it off... I've been fighting id theft for about 10 years. It's ruined my credit, kept me from getting jobs and getting business start up loans. And don't be fooled, there is no help; after 3 lawyers and worse than no results, I believe you are on your own. The last lawyer I went to took $1,400 to 'start' my case.. after months of esstentially doing his job for him, with records and paperwork... I came up on the radar for more creditors than ever to harrass me with phone calls, nasty letters and more items on my CRAs. After years of telling the CRA's that the information is wrong, I have a large stack of form letters telling me there is nothing that can be done because they don't have enough information. I''ve given birth certificates, military ID, driver's licenses, job verifications, tax returns, SS number - all to no avail... I have been offered to have things removed at thousand of dollars per item... The penalty is so slight that in actualilty it can be considered part of the cost of doing business. read how a man with 35 years of stealing might get 2-5 years if convicted... http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jT3pd9qTCKmQMhu0f_0PJ7dTjZHgD99P3S5G0 and remember, the felon gets about 1/3 off his sentence for good behaviour. So really, it's about a 3 year sentence for about 35 consecutive years of a crime ... In the meantime, the damage from ID theft is not forgiven for the victim... Once your id is stloen, the financial impact is so devastating no one wants to help because there's no money in it for them... you're not even allowed a job to help pay your way out...sorry about your luck... next! ID theft pays… that’s why it’s an epidemic… the CRA’s love it, they get paid to put things on your report and s/s number and they get paid to take it off… I’ve been fighting id theft for about 10 years. It’s ruined my credit, kept me from getting jobs and getting business start up loans.

And don’t be fooled, there is no help; after 3 lawyers and worse than no results, I believe you are on your own. The last lawyer I went to took $1,400 to ’start’ my case.. after months of esstentially doing his job for him, with records and paperwork… I came up on the radar for more creditors than ever to harrass me with phone calls, nasty letters and more items on my CRAs. After years of telling the CRA’s that the information is wrong, I have a large stack of form letters telling me there is nothing that can be done because they don’t have enough information. I”ve given birth certificates, military ID, driver’s licenses, job verifications, tax returns, SS number – all to no avail… I have been offered to have things removed at thousand of dollars per item… The penalty is so slight that in actualilty it can be considered part of the cost of doing business. read how a man with 35 years of stealing might get 2-5 years if convicted…

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jT3pd9qTCKmQMhu0f_0PJ7dTjZHgD99P3S5G0

and remember, the felon gets about 1/3 off his sentence for good behaviour. So really, it’s about a 3 year sentence for about 35 consecutive years of a crime … In the meantime, the damage from ID theft is not forgiven for the victim… Once your id is stloen, the financial impact is so devastating no one wants to help because there’s no money in it for them… you’re not even allowed a job to help pay your way out…sorry about your luck… next!

]]> Comment on Former Police Chief charged with forging records for Identity Theft by cheap merchant account http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/former-police-chief-charged-with-forging-records-for-identity-theft/#comment-72 cheap merchant account Tue, 05 May 2009 15:10:15 +0000 http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/?p=106#comment-72 No posts for a while whats up? No posts for a while whats up?

]]> Comment on Bank Teller guilty of Idenity Theft by justiceforall http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/bank-teller-guilty-of-idenity-theft/#comment-71 justiceforall Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:57:26 +0000 http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-71 Why aren’t banks secure? The whole idea behind keeping your money in a bank vs. in your mattress is that a bank is secure. The banks are FDIC insured for accounts up to $100,000.00 which is higher now due to the economy. The issue these days is that we are getting our identity stolen right at the bank. Here is an example below of one who had over 200 accounts opened up under his name and a huge amount of cash…yes I said cash taken out of his account without having to verify a valid ID. What is the answer? Do we keep our money in the mattress? Do we make the courts do something? Tell me your thoughts….. http://o8justiceforall.wordpress.com/ Why aren’t banks secure?
The whole idea behind keeping your money in a bank vs. in your mattress is that a bank is secure. The banks are FDIC insured for accounts up to $100,000.00 which is higher now due to the economy. The issue these days is that we are getting our identity stolen right at the bank. Here is an example below of one who had over 200 accounts opened up under his name and a huge amount of cash…yes I said cash taken out of his account without having to verify a valid ID.

What is the answer? Do we keep our money in the mattress? Do we make the courts do something? Tell me your thoughts…..

http://o8justiceforall.wordpress.com/

]]> Comment on Identity Theft Videos by David Gall http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/identity-theft-videos/#comment-70 David Gall Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:18:38 +0000 http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/?page_id=4#comment-70 I guess all the identity theft hype has finally caught up to me. I looked the ShieldSafe ID theft company mentioned above and they seem to offer teh same as the rest of them, but for only 49 dollars. If that discount code works, then that's a hell of a bargain. I guess i'm in. I guess all the identity theft hype has finally caught up to me. I looked the ShieldSafe ID theft company mentioned above and they seem to offer teh same as the rest of them, but for only 49 dollars. If that discount code works, then that’s a hell of a bargain. I guess i’m in.

]]> Comment on Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia Sends Personal Information To Wrong Addresses by jiimiona http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/blue-cross-and-blue-shield-of-georgia-sends-personal-information-to-wrong-addresses/#comment-69 jiimiona Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:10:13 +0000 http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-69 Yay! Interesting. Yay! Interesting.

]]> Comment on Alaska Air Group reports credit-card misuse by Credit Crunch » Alaska Air Group reports credit-card misuse http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/alaska-air-group-reports-credit-card-misuse/#comment-65 Credit Crunch » Alaska Air Group reports credit-card misuse Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:49:01 +0000 http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/?p=97#comment-65 [...] http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAlaska Air Group reports credit-card misuse If you bought a plane ticket from Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air with your credit card, then your card might have been misused. About 1,500 people’s information has been reported that a call-center employee diverted some payments to a personal account. Reported from Seattle Times newpaper online busniess headlines, posted on Aug 7, 2008 - http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008097068_bizbriefs07.html About 1,500 people who bou [...] [...] http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAlaska Air Group reports credit-card misuse If you bought a plane ticket from Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air with your credit card, then your card might have been misused. About 1,500 people’s information has been reported that a call-center employee diverted some payments to a personal account. Reported from Seattle Times newpaper online busniess headlines, posted on Aug 7, 2008 – http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008097068_bizbriefs07.html About 1,500 people who bou [...]

]]> Comment on Alaska Air Group reports credit-card misuse by Alaska Air Group reports credit-card misuse http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/alaska-air-group-reports-credit-card-misuse/#comment-64 Alaska Air Group reports credit-card misuse Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:45:35 +0000 http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/?p=97#comment-64 [...] Go to the author’s original blog: Alaska Air Group reports credit-card misuse [...] [...] Go to the author’s original blog: Alaska Air Group reports credit-card misuse [...]

]]> Comment on Colorado DMV puts motorists at risk for Identity Theft by Kenneth S http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/colorado-dmv-puts-motorists-at-risk-for-identity-theft/#comment-55 Kenneth S Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:50:19 +0000 http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-55 You are welcome LowWerepeenue You are welcome LowWerepeenue

]]> Comment on Colorado DMV puts motorists at risk for Identity Theft by LowWerepeenue http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/colorado-dmv-puts-motorists-at-risk-for-identity-theft/#comment-54 LowWerepeenue Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:09:40 +0000 http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-54 Thank you Thank you

]]> Comment on HR employee arrested on Identity Theft by Credit Crunch » HR employee arrested on Identity Theft http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/hr-employee-arrested-on-identity-theft/#comment-53 Credit Crunch » HR employee arrested on Identity Theft Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:45:49 +0000 http://idtheftnews.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-53 [...] Lending Profits wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHR employee arrested on Identity Theft The assistant human resources managerat American Greetings in KY has been arrested with charges of ID Theft. He apparently took the social security numbers and other personal information of employees, and tried applied for loans using fake Driver’s License’s, Social Security Cards and Credit Cards of other employees.  Story link from local news media, www.kystandard.com, posted on Aug 1, 2008 - http://www.kystandard.com/cgi-bin/storyviewnew.cgi?091+News.2 [...] [...] Lending Profits wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHR employee arrested on Identity Theft The assistant human resources managerat American Greetings in KY has been arrested with charges of ID Theft. He apparently took the social security numbers and other personal information of employees, and tried applied for loans using fake Driver’s License’s, Social Security Cards and Credit Cards of other employees.  Story link from local news media, http://www.kystandard.com, posted on Aug 1, 2008 – http://www.kystandard.com/cgi-bin/storyviewnew.cgi?091+News.2 [...]

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